A patient receves 3.0 mL of a solution containing technetium-99m for a breast image. If the activity of the technetium-99m is 9.5mCi/mL what is the dose received by the patient?
volume * activity
To determine the dose received by the patient, you need to calculate the product of the volume of the solution administered (in mL) and the activity of the technetium-99m per mL (in mCi/mL).
In this case, the patient received 3.0 mL of the solution containing technetium-99m, which has an activity of 9.5 mCi per mL.
To calculate the dose, you can multiply the volume (3.0 mL) by the activity (9.5 mCi/mL):
Dose = Volume × Activity
Dose = 3.0 mL × 9.5 mCi/mL
Dose = 28.5 mCi
Therefore, the patient received a dose of 28.5 mCi of technetium-99m.